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Ancient Roots of Bharat : I now learnt the importance of the following:

I now learnt the importance of the  following: 1. Why bathrooms and toilets were outside our houses and not inside. 2. Why we should not touch anything or anybody when we return from a barber shop or a funeral. You may return to normalcy only after having a bath as soon as you enter the house. 3. Why footwears were kept outside the house and not inside. 4. Why we need to wash our hands and feet when we returned from schools or after playing outside. 5. Why a mandatory 10 days isolation/quarantine (especially at a birth in the house or death in the family) in traditional households. 6. Why households must not cook if there's a dead body inside the house. 7. Why washing of clothes was done outside the house and not inside. 8. Why it was mandatory to have bath before getting into the house kitchen cooking. 9. Why once you have had bath, you were not supposed to physically touch those who were still to take bath. We thought all these things are orthobox and have no...

Ten Things a Sanatani Hindu Can Do While Using English Language

Ten Things a Sanatani Hindu Can Do While Using English Language: - written by Francois Gautier (A Frenchman with pondicherry as his home. He knows more Hinduism than most of us) 1. Please stop using the term "God fearing" - Hindus never ever fear God. For us, God is everywhere and we are also integral part of God. God is not a separate entity to fear. 2. Please do not use the meaningless term "RIP" when someone dies. Use "Om Shanti", "Sadgati" or "I wish this atma attains moksha/sadgati /uttama lokas".  Hinduism neither has the concept of "soul" nor its "resting". The terms "Atma" and "Jeeva" are, in a way, antonyms for the word "soul".(to be understood in detail) 3. Please don't use the word "Mythology" for our historic epics (Itihas) Ramayana and Mahabharata.  Rama and Krishna are historical heroes, not just mythical characters. 3. Please don't be apologetic ...